From China Back to California: The Path to Optimal Outsourcing

Last year, the big fuss in the US was about all those information technology (IT) jobs moving overseas. Politicians and news reporters fretted over prized IT jobs migrating from the West to lower-cost, offshore companies in India, China or some other country. Here’s an example of the exact opposite: a Chinese company is outsourcing its repair services to a US services company. This examples shows, as many have suspected, that companies seek partners based on business and economic reasons regardless of location or politics. They follow the path of optimal outsourcing. Recently, I spoke with George Harris, President and CEO of GA Services, LLC., a privately-held service provider based in Irvine, California. He shared with me the following experience.